精品解析：上海市南洋模范中学2020-2021学年高二下学期期末考试英语卷

2020-2021学年南洋模范中学高二下期末考试英语卷 II.Grammar and Vocabulary Section A Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. Does City Living Hurt Mental Health? People often move to cities___1___better jobs and more cultural activities. But are they putting___2___at risk? Maybe. Experts at the American Psychiatry Association say that “natural environments or green spaces” do much for good our mental health and___3___(experience) nature helps people recover from the mental tiredness that comes from day-to-day work. On the other hand,___4___they cannot say exactly why, mental health experts say some research suggests that city living might hurt our mental health. Andrea Mechelli is a doctor with the Institute of Psychiatry at Kings College, London. “There have been studies___5___people weretaken out of an urban environment into a rural environment, and theirsymptomswould improve. And we also see that the greater the city the greater the risk.” Kings College researchers, along with city planners and land and building designers hoped___6___(learn) more about city living and mental illness. So, they created asmartphone appcalled Urban Mind. They say they wanted to understand___7___different parts of the urban environment affect mental wellbeing. The Urban Mind app___8___your experience of city living in the moment. Researchers collected real time information from 108 people, who answered just over 3,000 questions during a one-week period. The researchers found that being outdoors, seeing trees, hearing birdsong, seeing the sky, and feeling in contact with nature___9___(associate)with higher levels of mental well-being.They also found that these seeming effects of nature were especially strong in those individuals at greater risk of mental health problems